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February 21 is still a holiday in the southern African nation, but, unlike in previous years, huge amounts of money have not been spent on extravagant celebrations or outlandish birthday cakes. "Who cares about Mugabe now?" said Tendekai Savanhu, a street vendor and avowed opposition supporter. Speaking earlier this week at an ideological training seminar at the University of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF youth league secretary Pupurai Togarepi said youths in the country will mark the day by doing ...

Frans Timmermans, the first vice president of the European Commission , made the comment after Britain's environment minister Michael Gove, a pro-Brexiter, suggested that staying in the EU would make it harder for the United Kingdom to create environmental laws such as banning plastic drinking straws .

Armed militants reportedly stormed the building after the auto exploded. "We heard two big explosions, and gunfire is still echoing in two different directions of the city", Mogadishu resident Nur Abdulle told VOA. Twin auto bombs killed 18 people in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday in an attack by the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, but security forces shot dead five assailants, officials said.

It adopted a report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors and FATF Guidance on Counter Proliferation Financing. A global money-laundering watchdog has chose to place Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, a government official said on Friday, in a likely blow to Pakistan's economy and its strained relations with the US.

Porter Jr., who was the No. 1 recruit in the nation prior to committing to Missouri , played just two minutes in the the Tigers' season opener against Iowa State. "There is no point in playing the guy if he gives you five minutes a game", he said. To feel it out. Missouri is 18-10 overall and 8-7 in the SEC, and NCAA tournament projections have them in the 7-seed range.

Atalanta president Antonio Percassi later apologised to the Dortmund striker. The Belgium global, on loan from Chelsea, played the entire 90 minutes as substitute Marcel Schmelzer's 82nd-minute equaliser salvaged a 1-1 draw on the night which sent Dortmund into the last 16 with a 4-3 aggregate victory.

A source familiar with the situation said Sterk did not retract his comments in that meeting. After Staley's Gamecocks held off Mizzou 64-54 on January 28 in Columbia, S.C., in a game that featured a scuffle that led to multiple fouls and two ejections, former Mizzou player Sierra Michaelis tweeted that SC fans spit on Mizzou players at Colonial Life Arena.

The three-member PTB panel's licence amendment decision Wednesday also allowed the company to stop servicing a number of stops along 10 of its existing routes. The province established a public bus route between Prince George and Prince Rupert in April of 2017. The extent of the cuts also includes all routes through Northern B.C., on Vancouver Island and various other main routes across the province.

It marks the first time since 2007 that the Texas board has recommended clemency for a death row inmate. "I live with the extent of the loss every day and am aware of how much it has cost me - and am completely aware that all of that loss was the result of decisions made by my son", he said.

Sarkocy's allegations came under increased scrutiny after he alleged Corbyn would keep him posted on Margaret Thatcher while he was a backbencher in the '80s. Well, we've got news for them: Change is coming. Sharing the video on Twitter , Labour MP John Woodcock said: "Are we really threatening the press with more regulation because they printed a story we didn't like?" "There is no possibility that he was at a meeting with the a Czech diplomat, or someone posing as a Czech diplomat, in ...

I was afraid that journalists had found a disgruntled family member who would disparage Dr. Somehow you knew that the worst that could happen to you would be an injury that would send you home, where you would recover fully in the presence of those who love you.

Kim Yo Jong and the North's nominal head of state were the most senior North Korean officials to visit the South in more than a decade. Ivanka will lead her country's delegation to the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Sunday.

Michael Flynn , the president's first national security adviser, and George Papadopoulos , a foreign policy aide during the campaign, have both pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and agreed to cooperate with the inquiry.

Secret Service . The Secret Service said no law enforcement officials were injured. Law enforcement officers were gathered around a white van that appeared to have its back window shattered. Security agencies have ruled out any terror angle and said that the accident was not related to President Trump, even though they said it was intentionally done by the woman.

Mr Trump said the "evil massacre" of 17 people at a Florida high school last week had "broken our hearts". President Trump has made a determined push for arming school teachers after the Parkland, Florida , shooting last week, but voters appear divided on the issue, a new CBS News poll reveals .

A former cop who worked as a security guard for the Parkland high school that was massacred last week has resigned. Since he met the requirements for retirement, Peterson opted to resign after he was told he was being suspended, Israel said.

Now there are 25 million people on the voluntary organ donor register in Britain. Today is a big day for the topic of organ donation in England, because a debate took place in the House of Commons regarding the topic of an opt-out system - also known as "presumed consent".

John McCain , the ailing Arizona Republican, he lashed out at his vote against a health care repeal that many Republicans backed. But he's refusing to mention the cancer-stricken senator by name. Then Trump asked the crowd which priority they'd pick if they only had a choice of one. "We salute our great American flag, we put our hands on our hearts for the pledge of Allegiance, and we all PROUDLY STAND for the National Anthem", Trump said Friday morning.

The Chinese authorities have seized control of the privately owned insurance conglomerate of Anbang Group, known for its $1.95 billion acquisition of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan and has indicted its chairman for economic crimes.

Addressing the crowd, Nawaz Sharif said he will fight all conspiracies against him tooth and nail and strengthen parliament with the support of the masses. Sharif's relatives and party leaders, who were appointed illegally, were being used for the same, he added. Raza Ahmad Rumi, an editor at the Daily Times Pakistan, said while the decision "was not unexpected", it was "a miscalculation by [the] powers-that-be".

The 1840-kilometer (1140-mile) TAPI pipeline is to carry 33 billion cubic meters of gas a year, an important new export outlet for Turkmenistan whose economy centers on its vast natural gas reserves. The prime minster was officially invited by the presidents of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan for attending the groundbreaking ceremonies of the gas pipeline project.

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley on February 21 said "It's time to take immediate action in the hopes of saving the lives of the men, women, and children who are under attack by the barbaric Assad regime". The Security Council's 15 members were unable to reach an agreement on draft text and delayed the vote three times on Friday before putting it off for yet another day.

Florida Senators Marco Rubio , Bill Nelson , and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch , D-Fla., answered questions from students, parents and teachers about their stance on gun control . "If Isis were to visit us or our communities at any moment, the last line of defense between Isis and my family is the ability that I have to protect my family from them or from a criminal or anyone else who seeks to do us harm", he said.

He said many of these villages were scenes of atrocities against Rohingya and should have been preserved for further investigation. They suggest that the demolitions are ongoing. At least 9,000 Rohingya were killed in Rakhine state from August 25 to September 24, according to Doctors without Borders. Myanmar bars independent media access to Rakhine state.

A forecaster revealed: "High pressure over Scandinavia continuing to influence our weather with mostly dry conditions at first but then becoming exceptionally cold with wintry showers becoming widespread early next week". However it will remain cold, particularly in the easterly breeze. "Lowest temperatures of around -1C to 2C in the east and north with some frost, but not as cold further south and west under cloudier skies with minimum temperatures around 3C or 4C".

Police also announced the identification of the remains of Soroush Mahmudi, a 50-year-old who was reported missing in 2015. McArthur, 66, was expected to appear in a Toronto court on Friday, charged with first-degree murder in the disappearance of Skandaraj "Skanda" Navaratnam.

The anniversary of Israel's founding is mourned by Palestinians as the Nakba , or "catastrophe". It "reaffirms our position that the United States can no longer be part of the peace process", he added. The ribbon could be cut in time for Israel's Independence Day , Yom Ha'atzmaut, which takes place in April. The May opening marks a significant acceleration.

In response to a query by a U.S. senator, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi said Thursday that its staff did not advise or assist Donald Trump Jr . on a foreign policy address he is set to give Friday while on a private business trip to India.

One America News was the first to be called during the press conference, with White House Correspondent Trey Yingst asking about the Parkland shooting as well as Syria. The leaders spoke in the Oval Office during a portion of the meeting that was open to US and Australian journalists. Asked if he would visit down under, Trump says he would and called Australia a "great place".